The Definition of the word Beg

Beg

That the poor existed among the Hebrews we have abundant "evidence (Ex. 23:11; Deut. 15:11), but there is no mention of" beggars properly so called in the Old Testament. The poor were provided for by the law of Moses (Lev. 19:10; Deut. 12:12; 14:29). It is predicted of the seed of the wicked that they shall be beggars (Ps. 37:25; 109:10). "In the New Testament we find not seldom mention made of beggars "(Mark 10:46; Luke 16:20, 21; Acts 3:2), yet there is no mention" "of such a class as vagrant beggars, so numerous in the East." "Beggarly, in Gal. 4:9, means worthless."